پريکها parekhā परीक्षा S̱. s. f. Examination, &c. See پرچها parichchhā and پرکهـ parakh.

پلاو palāʼo S̱. s. m. (पलाल Straw) Thatching.

پهراٿا pharrāṭā S̱. (r. स्फुर Start, throb) s. m. 1. A piece of bamboo. 2. A sound made by the flying of a flag or the breathing of a horse.

پهندلانا phandlānā S̱. (see پهاندنا sign. 2.) v. a. To ensnare, to entrap.

پيٿهالنا paiṭhālnā S̱. (caus. of پيٿهنا q. v.) To force in, to make to penetrate, to thrust, to run in, to introduce, to insinuate.

پهکڙي phakṛī H s. f. The act of treating with rudeness.

پاٴي موز pāʼe-moz P s. m. A kind of pigeon.

پليتهن palethan H s. m. Dry flour laid under and over bread when it is rolled. پليتهن پکانا palethan pakānā, To contrive the ruin of any one. پليتهن نکالنا palethan nikālnā, To beat se- verely.

پهول phūl फुल्ल S̱. s. m. 1. A flower, a blossom; boss, stud, bunch of ribands, &c. a cockade. 2. The menses, of which children are the fruit. 3. A swelling. 4. Bones of a dead person after the fleshy parts are burned. 5. Lights or fire (seen at night). 6. (in the plur.) A ceremony performed in honour of a deceased person on the third day after his death. پهول اٿهنا phūl uṭhnā, v. n. To be performed (a ceremony in honour of the dead), to complete the forty days of mourning. پهول پڙنا phūl paṛnā, v. n. To break out (a fire). پهول بيٿهنا phūl baiṭhnā, v. n. To be glad. پهول جانا phūl jānā, v. n. 1. To swell. 2. To be delighted, to be pleased. 3. To be- come fat. پهول جهڙ نا phūl jhaṛnā, v. n. 1. To

پنگل पिंगल pingal S 1. s. m. Name of a fabu- lous being in the form of a serpent to whom a treatise on prosody is ascribed. 2. Art of mea- suring verses, prosody. 3. adj. Tawny, pale.